Brassiere



April 1939- w. GLUCKIN 2,152,629

- BRAssIERE Filed Aug. 18, 1938 INVENTOR W/LL/AM G1. UCK/N ATTORNE Patented Apr. 1 939 p I uul'r ao STATES PATENT OFFICE .8111 I Application N0. 225,528

This invention relates to brassieres, and the obmediate S d b east receiving portions, and these ject of the invention is to provide a brassiere havcouplin have been fixed as W l as y eld ble. It ing yieldably supported bustand side band poris one of the distinctive purp of y nvention tions so as to provide a garment of this type which to Provide What may be termed totally e a might be termed universally adaptable to different independent breast receiving po ns which are bod contours, hil t th same ti providing uncoupled or unattached at the intermediate secmeans for more firmly and comfortably supporte tions thereof and,are rather so constructed as to me the breasts and for maintaining the bre t provide for a relativesliding movement of the in the desired spaced relationship with respect, t breast parts one with respect to the other at the 19 each other, a further object m t provide front or intermediate portion of the garment. brassiere wherein the breast portions thereof are In the accompanying -W g I'have shown'one each composed of two suitable formed pieces of method of carrying y invention into effect, d fabric, on piece of a h b t t t h tm as shown,'the garment consists of a pair of breast in an extending strap portion having at its end Parts fl- Composed Of a pper h c mem- 5 an l sti ou nng with t oppgsed side of t ber II and a lower fabric member l2, stitched or garment, and one of such strap ends and elastics Otherwise Secured together a indicated at H! being passed through and movable relatively to to provide e d s ed t u o sa d breast the other breast partso as to maintain the same P T e upp r and ower 'members of the relationship of thestrap ends with respect to each breast p s e jo t the Sides of a d ga other and to provide a brassiere wherein the m t' s indicated y the Stitching t u breast parts are free to move relatively to each stantially triangular Side members the pp other circumferentially of the body when aredge It and the lower edge ll of said members ranged thereon, adjacent overlapping ends of the forming centimlations 0f the pp edge 8 and breast parts being independent of each other and the lower edge 9 r sp e of said breast slidable with respect to each other; a still further p The e ds 20 of the sidemembers 15 are object being to provide a brassiere wherein the Joined to resilient straps 2 detaehably o ned by side bands terminate at their rear ends in elastics 8 Suitable hook-Shaped coupling having means for detachably coupling the same The pp fabric members l of the breast to provide a further yieldable mounting or the parts terminate in tapered ends o rap members to brassiere upon the body of the wearer in produc-. strap member of one breast part overing the said universally adaptable characteristics laps h strap m mb r and the lower fabric mmof the garment, and with these and other objects her I! of the second breast part. and he st p in view, the invention consists in an article of the member of the second breast part pa es th ough class and for the purpose specified which is simple an Opening 24 in the owe abr c member l2 of in construction, eflicient in use and which is cone fi breast p The ends 25 0f the t p structed as hereinafter described and claimed. members 23 are secured to resilient Straps The invention is fully disclosed i th f l. which in turn are secured to the lower portion of lowing specification, of which the accompanying the Opp d triangular i e m mbers l5 as indrawing forms a part, in which the separate parts (Heated at on the Stitching i e of my i ov t r d ig at d by it bl Suitable shoulder straps 28 are provided for-the reference characters in each of the views, and in garment and Secured at the rear ends 19 ereof which; to the ends 20 of the side members I5. The front Fi 1 is fr t per pectiv vi w of th bra ends 30 of the straps 28 are secured to the upper siere made according to my invention with the Portion 3| 0f the breast Parts by yieldable straps might be assumed if the garment were applied cured in spaced relation to the edge 18 of the to the body of the wearer. upper breast members and provide by virtue of Fig. 2 is a section substantially on the line 2-2 this spaced relation, form-fitting and form-reof Fig. 1, and taming support. In practice-the straps 32, 320, :,o Fig. 3 is a partial section on the line 8-3 of may comprise a single strap folded atthe central Fig. 1. portion thereof as indicated at 34.

In the construction of brassieres it has been The edges of the breast parts and the side more or less the conventional practice to couple members as well as the seam between the or join the breast, or bust portions thereof at the breast parts and side members are preferably front central portion of the g mentor interfinished with a. bias strip in the conventional 55 several parts in a general arrangement which 32, 32a. The ends 33, 33a of said straps" are se- 2 W manner as indicated at 35 and the lower breast members i2 preferably have a lining of soft materialas clearly seen at 36 in Figs. 2 and 3 of the drawing. It will of course be understood that the thickness of the various parts of the garment. In combination, the side members l5 together with the resilient strips 2| and the couplin 22 function as members 'of both breast supports, and each breast part is laterally supported by two resilient straps. For example, considering one side member as a fixed part of the garment with respect to the wearer, the opposed breast part is joined to the fixed side member by the resilient straps 2| and 26. Since this garment individually supports the breasts, it will be apparent that there will be no tendency for laterally crushing or spreading the breasts, but rather they will be maintained in their normal spaced relation while at the same time they will be given the desired upward support. In, this connection it will be noted that the three-point resilient suspension of each breast part serves to provide true uplift properties.

It will further be noted that the overlapping portions of the parts ll fit snugly upon-the body of the wearer intermediate the breasts, and that the straps 23 will bear upwardly against adjacent lower sides of the breast parts and operate to raise the same and to support the breasts in the raised position. The overlapping and resiliently supported structure of the breast parts permit slight lateral movement of the breasts,

thereby insuring greater comfort to the wearer of the garment without in any way decreasing the uplift and form molding properties thereof.

This provision of lateral movement of the breast parts also enables the manufacturer of garments of this type to materially decrease the number of different sizes, since a garment of one bust size will adapt itself to use by'wearers having difierent bust measurements. From the manufacturer's standpoint, my improved brassiere has other distinct advantages in that it is composed essentially of three pairs of cooperating parts which, when stitched together, provide the form-fitting contour of the garment. The two 2,162,829 inthe various views,

parts of each pair'are ofsimilar peripheral contour and can readily be fashioned from the structural material in a single operation. Likewise the various connecting straps 2|, 26,-28 and32 comprise-duplicate members which can be fashioned simultaneously. It will therefore be apparent that the garment is extremely'simple and coo 'nomical in construction.

While forpurposes of illustration I'have shown my garment as formed from plain or uncharacterized material, it will be understood that the applied to more elaborate garments employing .lace, and other conventional materials.-

ably coupled for mounting the bra'ssire upon- 7 the body of the wearer,

two independent and relatively movable breast pockets, said pockets having outer sides fixedly secured .to the ,side'members of the brassiere, adjacent end portions of said'pockets having overlapped extensions terstructural features of this new brassiere may vbe minating in reduced ends, said reduced, ends extending onto the lower portions of opposed pockets, and elastic straps with the side members to which opposed pockets are secured to P ovide free relative movement of the pockets one with respect to the other circumferentiallyof the brassiere.

2. In a brassiere of the side members terminating in rear straps detachably coupled for mounting the brassire upon the body of the wearer, two independent and overlapped breast pockets, each of said pockets comprising upper and lower parts, the outer sides of both parts of each pocket being secured to the adjacent side member, the overlapped portions of said -breast pockets comprisingtapered extensions of the upper parts only of said pockets,

coupling the reduced ends class described having each of said extensions terminating. in a reduced" end arranged substantially centrally of the bottom part of the opposed breast pocket, the lower part of one of said pockets having an aperture therein, the reduced. end of the opposed pocket extension passing outwardly through said aperture, and elastic straps coupling the reduced ends with the side members 'to' which the opposed pockets are secured to provide free relative movement of the pockets one with respect to the other circumferentially of the brassiere.

WILLIAM GLUCKIN. 

